The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-18
4 FIRST QUALITY BOGUS DITonoE.
A with Judre Donshue's Nam
and . Lot Of TrimminKs.

A Document with Judge Donehue's Name
and = Lot OF TrimminEa
Mrs. Jameson lives In the basement OF
262 West Twenty-sixth street. 1t is near
Eighth avenue and not far from the Ninth
Regiment Armory. The house is an old. one
experimentation, high-stoop brick house.
According to the letter, the young man went to
the basement door. An elderly woman. with
strong features, brown hair and eyes, and
dressed in q dark dress, appeared and ushered
him into tho front basement room. A good
looking. w~hite-haired, middle-aged woman was
sitting there, sewing. The brown-haired wo-
man answered to the name OF Mrs. Jameson
and did most OF the talking. though the whito-
haired woman also answered to the name OF
Mrs. Jameson. The brown-haired woman
said:
IT saw tho advertisement in tho paper. and 1
have had q similar experience myself. though
1 am not in this business. Scott n. Sherwood
got q divorce for us in 1889. when We had lived
together four months. He managed the whole
thing, and 1t cost about $780,"
"That's too much"
RATES. PROM $500 DOWN.
Mrs. Jameson explained that the $500 COW
cred not only the proceedings in court, but the
cost OF collecting evidence. She had som
money, and her husband. who was q drunken.
good for nothing fellow, wanted. to get 1t. She
had him followed Into a house q III repnte; II
Mrs. JAMESON was asked ii sho could. get. a
could, to say what she Would schar;se for it. It =
She said she would have the DIVORCE ready
for de!iyery IN three days, and that II would
writing and clerical work. She asked for a de-
post to clinch tho bargain. and got S., for
which she signed the following receipt:
Erw yppr Nny "a s6T
Received Of Henry D; Scott axs dS'sf;, !. p account of
The initial OF the signature is blurred. so that
It Is hard to say whether IT Is J. or some other
Jameson, and her husbands name was John,
Mrs. Jameson gave tho usual dissertation on
should be changed to prevent, the compulsory
keeping 81 people married ar % who we wanted tbs n TO pc
Ssre thsf wa shs ITt eo Lee d diraresd' and dn sh psN %as
told that the divorce wanted was to be for
Henry u. Scott from Helen Scott.
THE oCuME READY IN THREE DAYS.
Three days. after making tho bargain Mr..
agreement. Mrs. Jameson took him into tho
same basement room and gave, him a paper
e Hns fac-simile Of the absolute decree rec Of d.
vorce granted in New York city. It is in type
writer, with tho usual cover Of. blue linen paper
and red strings. On the outside Is the usual
endorsement:
SUPREME COURT.
County OF Now York.
Henry D. Scott
Helen Scott
copy
Decree Of Divorce
Judgment.
Inside OF the blue linen paper wrapper is the
usual formula in which u divorce Is granted, as
follows:
HOW ABOUT THIS FOR 8AREFACED FORGERY
At n special term OF the Supreme Court OF the State OF
New York. held at the New Court House in and for tho
city and county of Now York, on Nov. -, 1887.
Present,
Hon. Charles Donohue,
Justice.
Henry D. scott
against
Helen scott.
This action coming on to be tried on the summons
complaint order of reference. and report OF T. S. Hall.
Esq. tile referee herein, from which report 1t appears
among other things that the material allegations con
tanned in tho complaint are true and the DlaintiH is
entitled to this relief demanded in the complaint.
Now, on motion OF Andrew +. searie, plaintiffs attor-
IT IS ORDERED, That tho said report of said referee
be hereby In all things confirmed.
AND it is further ORDERED. ADJUDGED. and DE-
Scott, plaintiff. and Helen Scott. defendant. be. and the
Rsme Is hereby dissolved: and each OF said parties is
hereby. released and discharged from the obligations
thereof.
And it is further ORDERED and ADJUDGED that
the said plaintiff. Henry ID. scott. shall be vt liberty to
marry again, in like manner as II the defendant lIe,en
Scott, We're dead; hut that the said defendant, Helen
Scot, shal! not marry again until the said Henry ID.
T. r. b. Endorsed. Filed Nov. %, 1897.
Acopy.
JAMES T. FLAcH,
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